Chaste love happens all the time, far more frequently than adultery. — Andre Aciman Far Copy Share Image
“There are easy ways to bring back summer in the snowstorm” — André Aciman Call-me-by-your-name Copy Share Image
“I respected and feared him and hated him for making me hate myself.” — André Aciman Hate Copy Share Image
“If we can't say what we think under our roof, then we have no roof.” — André Aciman Freedom of speech Copy Share Image
“What had been in my head for so long would now be out in the real world, no longer afloat in my… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“Or: how do you go back to sleep no longer a virgin? There was no coming back from that!” — André Aciman Sleep Copy Share Image
“This was a time when I intentionally failed to drop bread crumbs for my return journey; instead, I ate them.” — André Aciman Bread crumbs Copy Share Image
Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied. — Andre Aciman Difficult Copy Share Image
“Luckily I’d asked him again to give me Billowy that morning, after I’d made sure he wore it all through our stay… — André Aciman Wore Copy Share Image
“He was good, and you were both lucky to have found each other, because you too are good.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I cannot write if there is a sense of plenitude. I have to hypothesize that there is a loss. — Andre Aciman Cannot Copy Share Image
There are many things about my life that I wish had been different and that I still find difficult to live down. — Andre Aciman Find Copy Share Image
“Don’t let him be someone else when he’s away. Don’t let him be someone I’ve never seen before. Don’t let him have… — André Aciman Life Copy Share Image
“Blue: the afternoon he stepped into my room from the balcony, the day he massaged my shoulder, or when he picked up… — André Aciman Gaze Copy Share Image
“Or does one accrue a deficit of malaise so large that one learns to find ways to consolidate it in one lump… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
Rituals are how we step into our private field of dreams, a small Elysium all our own. Rituals are made not just… — Andre Aciman Dreams Copy Share Image
“Just as he probably didn’t care or notice each time my eyes wandered along his bathing suit and tried to make out… — André Aciman Bathing suit Copy Share Image
“He was okay with himself, the way he was okay with his body, with his looks, with his antic backhand, with his… — André Aciman Mind Copy Share Image
“To be with you. To be with you, Oliver. With or without my bathing suit. To be with you on my bed.… — André Aciman Bathing suit Copy Share Image
“Oh, I knew that other hand so well. May it never let go of me tonight. I worship every finger on that… — André Aciman Fingers Dear Copy Share Image
“To think that I had almost fallen for the skin of his hands, his chest, his feet that had never touched a… — André Aciman Gay Copy Share Image
“It never occurred to me that what had totally panicked me when he touched me was exactly what startles virgins on being… — André Aciman First time Copy Share Image
“If you remember everything, I wanted to say, and if you are really like me, then before you leave tomorrow, or when… — André Aciman Call me Copy Share Image
“I was reminded of a married chatelaine who, after sleeping with a young vassal one night, had him seized by the palace… — André Aciman Executed Copy Share Image
“To live with yourself you had to cut off the hand that offended, cut, slice, peel, scrape, and tear away at yourself… — André Aciman Cut Hand Copy Share Image
“Oliver: But there's the catch: you're still twenty years younger than those gathered around you, which is why I can be twenty-four… — André Aciman Parallel lives Copy Share Image
“What did you write on the back of the postcard?” “It was going to be a surprise.” “I’m too old for surprises.… — André Aciman Surprise Copy Share Image
“I knew they didn't suspect a thing, and it bothered me—though I wouldn't have wanted it otherwise. It told me that if… — André Aciman Knew Copy Share Image
“Like every experience that marks us for a lifetime, I found myself turned inside out, drawn and quartered. this was the sum… — André Aciman Family and friends Copy Share Image
“we’ll speak about two young men who found much happiness for a few weeks and lived the remainder of their lives dipping… — André Aciman False Copy Share Image
“We got into the car. It was my first time. The car was spotless and I liked its smell, the smell of… — André Aciman Bad feelings Copy Share Image
“I look back on those days and regret none of it, not the risks, not the shame, not the total lack of… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“New York may end up being no more than a scrim, a spectral film that is none other than our craving for… — André Aciman Cities-spaces-places Copy Share Image
“Outside, the night was settling fast. I liked the peace and the silence of the countryside, with its fading alpenglow and darkling… — André Aciman Art Copy Share Image
“And why wouldn't I show him how like butter I was? Because I was afraid of what might happen then? Or was… — André Aciman Just Ask Copy Share Image
“The peach was soft and firm, and when I finally succeeded in tearing it apart with my cock, I saw that its… — André Aciman Peach Copy Share Image
